Mumbai: Mithi to be a nullah for another year

BMC invites tenders again to complete the third phase of the River Rejuvenation project

It will take another three years for the Mithi River to actually become a river, as the BMC is issuing tenders for the third phase of the River Rejuvenation project after a year’s delay. The project is now expected to be complete by 2026. BMC had issued a tender in June 2022, but after bids were scrapped, it has again invited bids worth Rs 2,156 crores.

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Activist Anil Galgali demanded that the BMC publish a detail status report of the project. “We keep reading about the project. But we are not seeing progress. Yes, the river has widened but it still looks like a nullah,” Galgali said. The third phase includes a 7.6 kilometer sewer line, a retaining wall of 7.4 kms, a 6.4 km service road, 28 flood gates, a promenade and landscaping.

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